Lord our God, you answered their prayers.\par You showed them\par that you are a forgiving God and\par that you punish people\par for the bad things they do.\par
Exodus 32:28 - Easy To Read Version The people from the family of Levi obeyed Moses. That day about 3,000 of the people of Israel died. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about 3000 men. American Standard Version (1901) And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. Common English Bible The Levites did as Moses commanded. About three thousand people were killed that day. Catholic Public Domain Version And the sons of Levi did according to the words of Moses, and there fell on that day about twenty-three thousand men. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the sons of Levi did according to the words of Moses: and there were slain that day about three and twenty thousand men. |
Lord our God, you answered their prayers.\par You showed them\par that you are a forgiving God and\par that you punish people\par for the bad things they do.\par
Then Moses said to them, “I will tell you what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every man must get his sword and go from one end of the camp to the other. {You must punish these people, even if} each man must kill his brother, friends, and neighbors.’”
Then Moses said, “The Lord has chosen you today to be the people who will bless your sons and brothers.”
So the Lord caused a terrible sickness to come to the people. He did this because they told Aaron to make the golden calf.
The next day all the people of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron. They said, “You killed the Lord’s people.”
Phinehas was the son of Eleazar and the grandson of Aaron the priest. Phinehas saw this man bring the woman into camp. So Phinehas left the meeting and got his spear.
The large families of Israel {will get large pieces of land}. The small families of Israel {will get small pieces of land}. So the large family groups will give more cities and the small family groups will give fewer cities to the Levites.”
We should not do sexual sins like some of those people did. In one day 23,000 of them died \{because of their sin\}.
{They cared more for you, Lord, than for their own families.} They ignored their fathers and mothers. They did not recognize their brothers. They did not pay attention to their children. But they obeyed your commands. They kept your Agreement.